Residents of Ramche village in Myagdi district were forced to abandon their homes in the early hours of Sunday, following a massive landslide which made the water levels of the Kali Gandaki River rise a reported 600 ft.

President Baldwin Lonsdale called the storm a “monster” and said it had “wiped out” any recent development on the archipelago. An estimated 65,000 people still require temporary shelter one week after Cyclone Pam hit.

In chronological order! Today’s disaster is merely one of many reminders that Mother Nature only tolerates our presence most of the time. From ancient Greece to modern day Peru, millions have suffered the devastating effects of tectonic shift.
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